European Euphoria

Rovinj is a cute little village on the Northern Croatian border, and Alex and I found our way there today. We were planning on staying in Dubrovnik, but somehow we overlooked the fact that there are no ferries to Dubrovnik from Venice. Oh well. That was the least of our troubles the last two days.

Thursday night we decided to sleep overnight in Casablanca airport because there were no trains early enough to check in for our flight, and usually there are no taxis running that early either. So from 11 pm - 5 am we slept surprisingly well at a cafe and were up right on time to check in.

Unfortunately the airport in Milan decided to go on strike that day so our flight was delayed for 12 hours. We had no place to go and nothing to do. We spent the time reading a bit and napping a lot.

Our plane did not actually take off until 7 because a Moroccan man did not like the fact that smoking on the plane was prohibited. He put up a really unnecessary fight and even tried to get some of his comrades to boycott the flight. In the end he gave in, and sat down like everyone else.

We arrived in Milan pretty late, caught a late bus into the city center and crashed at a two star hotel. For the price (which was still a bit expensive) it was a pretty nice hotel in a nice area. We finally got to sleep at 3 am and were up again at 8 to head to Venice.

Getting to Venice ended our traveling troubles. We ate well, walked much of the city and just relaxed until we hopped on a ferry to Rovinj. We found a cute little apartment for 50 euros a night, and although the price is a little more than we wanted to spend it is definitely worth it.

Will tell more later in the week!